I watched (most of) the Japan v Thailand match. Not real exciting in the middle of the VNL. I can't find the Japan v China match on youtube.

MIyu Nakagawa looks pretty good. She's tall (for Japanese--183cm lol) and seems mature for her age. Good swing and appears interested in defense. Ayaka Araki looks gigantic. I didn't notice her much which suggests she didn't do much of interest.

#7 Haruna Yamashita played with a lot of hustle. High scorer. Only 171cm, though.

After seeing the match of China U19 against Thailand U19 by 2 to 3, I wrote these:

OP - Xu Lu-yao [No.1] as a non-receiving OP, is not good. If she is regard as "younger Wang Yi-mei", sorry, her jump height is not good. It is said that she is injured. Huang Xiao-yan [No.11] doesn't play one match in the tournament.OH - Three OHs, Che Wen-han, Liu Yu and Sun Run-jing [No.2, No.3 and No.4] are all with precarious reception. Their spike speed is low and unlike young Shi Hai-rong, the head coach and the former main OH of Chinese men's NT.MB - Only one high MB, Jiao Dian [No.5], from Bayi but is not like Yuan Xin-yue. Other two, Yong Le [No.6, 1.82m] and Liang Wei-fan [No.8, 1.86m], are only common.S - Sun Yan [No.11, 1.89m] needs to study Shen Jing-si. She is too slow. Chen Fang-lin [No.12, 1.80m] didn't set the ball to MBs well.L - Ni Fei-fan [No.13] was an OP. Therefore, her reception is not as good as her defence. Chen Rui-lan [No.14] doesn't play one match in the tournament.